Vase and cover

1903

Not on view

This pâte-surpâte vase demonstrates the remarkable talents of Marc-Louis Emanuel Solon, a former ceramicist at Sèvres who arrived at Minton in 1870 and transformed the pâte-sur-pâte (paste on paste) technique at the British ceramics factory into an art form. Pâte-sur-pâte consists in applying thin coatings of slip, typically white but sometimes polychrome, in successive layers to a damp and unfired clay body to create delicate decorative motifs. This signed piece demonstrates the pride that Solon took in using the technique to create cameo-like effects on his vases.

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Title: Vase and cover
Maker: Minton(s) (British, Stoke-on-Trent, 1793–present)
Artist: Louis Marc Emmanuel Solon (French, Montauban 1835–1913 Stoke-on-Trent)
Date: 1903
Culture: British, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Medium: Pâte-sur-pâte porcelain
Dimensions: Confirmed: 13 1/2 × 4 3/8 × 4 3/8 in. (34.3 × 11.1 × 11.1 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: Gift of the Starr and Wolfe Families, 2018
Object Number: 2018.889.7a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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